Improved meat and vegetable slicer



T. CARPENTER.

Meat and Vegetable Sticer.

Patented Oct. 18, 1864.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

THOMAS CARPENTER, OF BATTLE GREEK, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED MEAI' AND VEGETABLE SLICER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,705., dated October18, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS CARPENTER, of Battle Greek, in the county ofCalhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Meat andVegetable Slicer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this .specification Figure 1 being a plan ofthe instrument; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section thereof; Fig. 3,a view of one of the knives.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

I employ a plain board, A, of suitable hard wood-say, twelve or sixteeninches in length and half as widefor the top of the instrument, and thisis supported at the two ends by end boards, B B, substantially as shownin the drawings. Side strips, 0 U, of thinner pieces, may be added tobrace the other parts together and give firmness to the whole. This orany other convenient method of general construc'ion may be employed, andthe kind of material is not essential.

The slicer as thus arranged readily re ceives a dish under it to receivethe slices of meat or vegetables. It is best to attach it to a table orshelf, and this is conveniently done by screws driven down in notches atthe ends, as shown at a a in the drawings. The end of the slicer next tothe person using it may be somewhat higher than the other end for thesake of convenience, but this is not a necessary feature of theinvention.

I generally employ two knives, G and H one for meat, near one side, andthe other for vegetables, so as to be set coarser for the purpose, nearthe opposite side-both placed transversely, with suitable throats oropenings, f f, down through the board in front thereof, substantially asrepresented. These knives are secured by screws h h to the top board, asshown in Fig. 2, and these pass through oblong apertures or slots g g,as seen in Fig. 3, so that the knives may be set up 'as high or down aslow as required, and may be adjusted to compensate for wear in grinding.

As one important desideratum in the instrument is to make it as cheap aspossible, and in such a Way that any one in any part of the country canreadily procure the materials for making, I have devised and found thatexcellent knives are readily made of sections of old scythes andcradle-blades. These are very quickly and easily formed into shape andmade ready for use.

The most important feature of my invention is a guide-strip, D, placedobliquely lengthwise upon the top of the instrument between the twoknives, substantially as shown in the drawings. This may be made ofwood, a half or three-fourths of an inch high and a fourth or a third ofan inch wide, and fastened securely to the top board, A. The use of thisis, first, to give an oblique cut to the knives similar to the draw-cutin effect; second, to steady the article as it is sliced, which is heldfirmly against the strip while moving it along against the knife; third,to serve as a gage to prevent the fingers from coming down against theknives and cutting them.

The instrument is exceedingly cheap, can be made by any one with thesimplest tools, and is perfectly effectual in action.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The guide-strip D, arranged obliquely upon the slicer, between the twoknives, in combination therewith, substantially as and for the purposeherein specified.

The above specification of my improved meat and vegetable slicer signedby me this 25th day of June, 1864:.

THOS. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

N. ToMPKINs, J AS. MoGoY.

